Methodology
To analyze the happiness of leading nations, Dalio looked at the following metrics:
Share of Population Reported Happy
Reported Life Satisfaction (1-10)
Share of Population Reported Daily Enjoyment
Share of Population Reports Having Good Social Support Network
Suicide Rate (Per 100,000 People)
For the rankings, countries were analyzed using z-scores, which represent the amount of standard deviations they are from the dataset’s mean.